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South Carolina, like many of the southern states, is yet to get legal weed in either its medicinal or recreational form. However, despite their slow and wobbly start, there are definitely rumblings that South Carolina could be considering medicinal legalization in the near future. Once medicinal marijuana is legalized there is always a better platform for full legalization. Currently though cannabis is fully illegal and can be punishable by a prison sentence and a fine.
South Carolina will this year, after two years of faffing about, finally be considering the Compassionate Care Act. This bill has been mired in the senate until enough amendments could be made to make the bill palatable to the largely conservative state. The bill has become somewhat confusing to a political laywoman such as myself. But what I could glean from the tangle of non-committal information is as follows.
The pending legislation would allow patients with certain debilitating illnesses to have access to medicinal marijuana. The legalization of medicinal cannabis was supported by 61% of South Carolina, a smaller percentage than many states facing legalization, but a majority is a majority.
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